Cutting Saturday Deliveries

Tuesday

Mar 30, 2010 at 11:41 AM

A plan by the United States Postal Service to cut Saturday mail delivery could take a big step forward this week. The Postal Service is expected to submit its official proposal to the Postal Regulatory Commission Tuesday. Postal Service officials hope to cut Saturday mail delivery in their next fiscal year, which begins October first. The move to a five-day delivery schedule could save the Postal Service three billion dollars annually.

United States Postal Service Deputy Postmaster Patrick Donahoe said the change would mean cutting roughly 40-thousand full-time jobs. Currently, the Postal Service has about 600-thousand employees.

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